Research Catalog

Title

Detroit longitudinal study, 1967 [electronic resource].

Author

Aberbach, Joel D.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1974.

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Additional Authors

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035

Summary

This survey asked Detroit area residents about satisfaction with their neighborhoods, police relations, racial discrimination, and perceptions of the 1967 riot and its consequences. In addition, the questionnaire measured feelings of political efficacy, political involvement, evaluations of various political personalities and social programs, and respondents' personal values and aspirations. Respondents' attitudes toward race relations were examined in a series of questions dealing with integration and separation of the races and an open-ended question that prompted respondents to define "Black power." Also included in this study are three derived measures: a general trust scale, an index assessing respondents' interpretations of the riot, and a political power index measuring respondents' perceptions of their ability to affect local and national laws. Questions also elicited background information, such as composition of respondents' parental families, level of education of parental figures, father's occupation, and parental influence on the respondents' job choices. Region and size of place of residence during childhood were also ascertained, as well as how long the respondent had lived in Detroit. Demographic data include age, sex, race, marital status, education and technical training, occupation, employment history, union membership, and service in the Armed Forces for the head of household. In all cases Black respondents were interviewed by Black interviewers and white respondents were interviewed by white interviewers.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7312

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7312.

Subject

• Aspirations
• Black White relations
• Black power
• Childhood
• Detroit (Mich.) > Public opinion
• Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions
• Detroit riots (1967)
• Educational background
• Family life
• Military service
• Neighborhoods
• Parental influence
• Police performance
• Political attitudes
• Political efficacy
• Political participation
• Public opinion > Detroit
• Public opinion
• Race relations
• Racial attitudes
• Riots
• Social attitudes
• Social problems
• Social status
• Trust in government
• Values
• Voting behavior

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1967.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on February 2, 2006).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: August 1967-March 1968.
• Time period: 1967.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Cite As (note)

• Aberbach, Joel, and Jack Walker. DETROIT LONGITUDINAL STUDY, 1967 [Computer file]. Conducted by Lafayette Clinic, Detroit. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1974.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: UNDOCCHK.ICPSR/ MDATA.ICPSR/ REQ.ICPSR/ CDBK.ICPSR/ DDEF.ICPSR.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library